The South Africa national under-17 football team (Amajimbos), is a youth football (soccer) team, which represents South Africa and is controlled by the South African Football Association, the governing body for football in South Africa. The team's main objectives are to qualify and play at the Africa U-17 Cup of Nations and FIFA U-17 World Cup and develop the players for the main national team Bafana Bafana.^[1]

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South Africa under-17

Nickname(s)	Amajimbos
Association	South African Football Association
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	COSAFA
Head coach	Duncan Crowie
Captain	Benjamin Wallis
Most caps	Thamsanqa Ayanda Juqu
Top scorer	Sduduzo Siwela
Home stadium	FNB Stadium
FIFA code	RSA
First colours Second colours
Africa U-17 Cup of Nations
Appearances	4 (first in 2005)
Best result	Runners-ups, 2015
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2015)
Best result	Group Stage, 2015
Website	https://www.safa.net/

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The team was started in 1993, when the SAFA decided to form an under-17 team. The team's greatest achievement to date include a second-place finish at the 2015 African U-17 Championship, hosted in Niger and qualifying for the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile.^[2]

The following players were called up for the 2023 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations.^[3]

Caps and goals as of 30 April 2023, after the match against  Morocco.

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No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Gennaro Jackson	(2007-11-22) 22 November 2007 (age 16)	0	0	Cape Town Spurs
16	1GK	Kyle Jansen	(2006-02-23) 23 February 2006 (age 18)	1	0	Atlanta United
21	1GK	Takalani Mazhamba	(2007-05-30) 30 May 2007 (age 16)	0	0	Kaizer Chiefs
2	2DF	Xhosa Manyama	(2006-01-09) 9 January 2006 (age 18)	0	0	Cape Town City
3	2DF	Keitumetse Lesia	(2006-05-22) 22 May 2006 (age 17)	1	0	SuperSport United
4	2DF	Benjamin Wallace	(2006-05-08) 8 May 2006 (age 17)	1	0	SuperSport United
5	2DF	Waylon Renecke	(2006-05-12) 12 May 2006 (age 17)	1	0	Norwich City
12	2DF	Vincent Sithole	(2006-01-02) 2 January 2006 (age 18)	0	0	Mamelodi Sundowns
14	2DF	Tyler Cicero	(2006-01-02) 2 January 2006 (age 18)	1	0	Stellenbosch
19	2DF	Thato Sibiya	(2006-06-23) 23 June 2006 (age 17)	0	0	Mamelodi Sundowns
6	3MF	Xolani Tshaka	(2006-02-09) 9 February 2006 (age 18)	1	0	Orlando Pirates
7	3MF	Dhakier Lee	(2006-05-07) 7 May 2006 (age 17)	1	0	Cape Town Spurs
9	3MF	Michael Dokunmu	(2006-04-09) 9 April 2006 (age 18)	1	0	Vitesse
10	3MF	Xavier Jodamus	(2006-04-25) 25 April 2006 (age 17)	1	0	Ubuntu Cape Town
11	3MF	Vicky Mkhawana	(2006-01-10) 10 January 2006 (age 18)	1	0	Kaizer Chiefs
13	3MF	Gomolemo Kekana	(2006-07-07) 7 July 2006 (age 17)	1	0	TS Galaxy
8	4FW	Gabriel Amato	(2006-07-27) 27 July 2006 (age 17)	1	0	Cape Town City
15	4FW	Bennet Mokoena	(2007-06-18) 18 June 2007 (age 16)	1	0	Mamelodi Sundowns
17	4FW	Luke Baartman	(2006-06-12) 12 June 2006 (age 17)	1	0	Cape Town Spurs
18	4FW	Orifha Maubelo	(2006-01-18) 18 January 2006 (age 18)	0	0	Capital City
20	4FW	Siyabonga Mabena	(2007-02-18) 18 February 2007 (age 17)	1	0	Mamelodi Sundowns

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• Bafana Bafana (South Africa national football team)
• Amajita (South Africa national under-20 football team)
• Amaglug-glug (South Africa national under-23 football team)
• Amabinneplaas (South Africa national development football team)
• Africa U-17 Cup of Nations